Roof lanterns and skylights are often talked about in the same breath and sold by the same companies, and while typically skylights have seen greater popularity, the trend recently has been in favour of roof lanterns.
Roof lanterns have a completely different style to skylights. A skylight is usually described as a singular window pane sitting horizontally within a flat roof, but roof lanterns are made up of a number of window panes which are joined together to form a dome like shape.
The style of roof lanterns provides people with a number of advantages. First and most importantly, there is an increase in space thanks to the style of the roof lantern; which can be very beneficial for the overall design of the room. Also, because they are made up of a number of smaller windows, those windows can be opened up individually (so long as they’ve been designed that way), which is often cheaper than having a comparatively sized skylight designed with an opening capacity but just as effective at providing air ventilation.